LORDS OF THE LAND

LORDS OF THE LAND
Transnational Landowners, Inequality and the Case for Redistribution

AUTHORS: Philip Seufert, Sofía Monsalve, Luciana Rolón, Shalmali Guttal.
LEAD RESEARCHER: Luciana Rolón, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Argentina)

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The authors would like to thank the following persons for their input and contributions towards the development of this report:

Jordan Treakle (National Family Farm Coalition, USA), Ben Tretheway (Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance), Deolinda Carrizo (Movimiento Campesino de Santiago del Estero (MOCASE), Argentina), Angel Strappazzón (Galaxias-UNICAM SURI, Argentina), Laia GómezFranco Estrella (MiradaRumiant (MiRu), Catalonia), Eliaz Moreau (European Coordination Via Campesina), Flora Sonkin (Society for International Development), Daniela Stefano (Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos, Brazil), Martina Propedo (Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, Argentina), Juan Wahren (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina), Andrea Sosa Varrotti (CONICET), Carla Gras (CONICET), Ariel Stemphelet (freelance journalist), Carlos Suescún (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia), Rosalía Pellegrini (Mujeres de la Tierra, Argentina), Roman Herre (FIAN Germany), Jutta Kill (World Rainforest Movement), Clara Roig Medina, Marc Edelman (Hunter College, City University of New York, USA), Tomaso Ferrando (University of Atwerp, Belgium), Madeleine Fairbairn (UC Santa Cruz, USA), Brett Christophers (Uppsala University, Sweden), Stefan Ouma (University of Bayreuth, Germany).

This report was developed in the context of “Organizing Rural Communities and Movements for Accountability of Financial Actors”, a joint project by Galaxias-UNICAM SURI (Argentina), FIAN International, MiradaRumiant (MiRu), and La Via Campesina, in collaboration with
the Working Group on Land, Forests, Water and Territories of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC).

Editing and Proofreading: Katie Anne Whiddon
Translation: Carlota Fluxa (Spanish), Nellie Epinat (French)
Cover Illustration: Kiko Romero
Design: Ewelina Ulita
Photos: RUIDO Photo and Mirada Rumiant (MiRu)
All photos were taken (in Benin, Brazil, Catalonia, Indonesia, Philippines and Senegal) in the context of the project “Organizing Rural Communities and Movements for Accountability of Financial Actors

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